The Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος, romanized: Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about …

Phaedrus. I come from Lysias the son of Cephalus, and I am going to take a walk outside the wall, for I have been sitting with him the whole morning; and our common friend Acumenus tells me that it is much more refreshing to walk in the open air than to be shut up in a cloister.

Oct 30, 2008 · Phaedrus is captivated with the beauty of the periods, and wants to make Socrates say that nothing was or ever could be written better. Socrates does not think much of the matter, but then he has only attended to the form, and in that he has detected several repetitions and other marks of haste.

Gaius Julius Phaedrus (/ ˈfiːdrəs /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος; Phaîdros), or Phaeder (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin.

Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s, ˈ f ɛ d r ə s /), son of Pythocles, of the Myrrhinus deme (Greek: Φαῖδρος Πυθοκλέους Μυῤῥινούσιος, Phaĩdros Puthokléous Murrhinoúsios; c. 444 – 393 BC), was an ancient Athenian aristocrat associated with the inner-circle of the philosopher Socrates.

The philosopher Socrates encounters Phaedrus, a young student of rhetoric, outside the Athens city walls. When he learns that Phaedrus has just come from hearing Lysias , a famous orator, Socrates is interested in hearing Lysias’s speech for himself.

Soc: Phaedrus, when it comes to speeches, you are divine and utterly amazing. In fact, I think that of all the speeches 242B produced during your lifetime, no one has been responsible for producing more than you, either by delivering them yourself or somehow forcing someone else to …

Sep 29, 1996 · The Phædrus, as the first dialogue of the central trilogy on the soul, deals with the "nature (phusis)" of the soul, as opposed to its behavior (Republic) or destiny (Phædo).

PHAEDRUS: What an incomprehensible being you are, Socrates: when you are in the country, as you say, you really are like some stranger who is led about by a guide.

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